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The Observer Book Club with Rutger Bregman
Invited experts
Rutger Bregman
Historian and writer
Rutger Bregman
Historian and writer
The average full-time worker will spend 80,000 hours at their job: are you making the most of them? Do you truly believe in what you do, day in, day out?
Join us for a landmark Observer Book Club event with Rutger Bregman, internationally bestselling author and influential historian, as he presents his groundbreaking new book, Moral Ambition.
Bregman - whose TED talks and previous works like Utopia for Realists have sparked global debate - now issues a stirring call for a new kind of ambition: devoting one’s talents, career, and resources to solving humanity’s most urgent challenges. In Moral Ambition, he weaves compelling research and powerful storytelling to argue that ordinary people, armed with hope and principled purpose, can shift the course of history - tackling climate crisis, poverty, inequality, future pandemics and more.
As this year’s BBC Reith Lecturer, Bregman stands at the forefront of debates about moral responsibility and radical change. In The Observer newsroom, he will explore the ideas behind Moral Ambition, the barriers that hold people back, and the growing international movement for “good ambition. Together, we’ll ask: What does it mean to lead a meaningful life today? How can the next generation make the biggest difference? And what would society look like if more of us gave our all - not just for personal achievement, but for the common good?
Invited experts
Rutger Bregman
Historian and writer
Rutger Bregman
Historian and writer
The average full-time worker will spend 80,000 hours at their job: are you making the most of them? Do you truly believe in what you do, day in, day out?
Join us for a landmark Observer Book Club event with Rutger Bregman, internationally bestselling author and influential historian, as he presents his groundbreaking new book, Moral Ambition.
Bregman - whose TED talks and previous works like Utopia for Realists have sparked global debate - now issues a stirring call for a new kind of ambition: devoting one’s talents, career, and resources to solving humanity’s most urgent challenges. In Moral Ambition, he weaves compelling research and powerful storytelling to argue that ordinary people, armed with hope and principled purpose, can shift the course of history - tackling climate crisis, poverty, inequality, future pandemics and more.
As this year’s BBC Reith Lecturer, Bregman stands at the forefront of debates about moral responsibility and radical change. In The Observer newsroom, he will explore the ideas behind Moral Ambition, the barriers that hold people back, and the growing international movement for “good ambition. Together, we’ll ask: What does it mean to lead a meaningful life today? How can the next generation make the biggest difference? And what would society look like if more of us gave our all - not just for personal achievement, but for the common good?